ending the european question david cameron promises britain's a referendum on leaving the e.u. to carve out special favors for the u.k. as a precondition to staying put. jordan is left divided with early parliamentary elections and for more than two years of arab spring unrest in the country and that a slew of accusations the government has hijacked the voting. links emerged between internet freedom activists aaron swartz and wiki leaks his suicide under pressure from a massive criminal case hasn't stopped continued investigation by u.s. secret services.

around the world online on screen live from our new center here in moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day britain has been promised a referendum on ditching the e.u. although it's subject to prime minister david cameron's political fortunes in the next election finally delivering his long awaited speech the prime minister valid to win a special deal for the u.k. from brussels while blasting the block for snuffing out diversity and disagreement farmer listened in. did pledge to hold a referendum on whether britain should be able to leave the e.u. if the conservatives win the next general election in twenty fifteen and then he went on to warn that it was likely that britain could head for the exit if he was unable to renegotiate britain's terms of membership with brussels what it effectively he wants is that brussels hands more power back to westminster so the u.k. has more control over its own policies particularly economic ones he said that countries

were becoming as weaker because of the current situation with the european union and the euro zone crisis and the fact that countries did not have great control over their own economic policies so he wasn't mincing his words today he also went on to say that the british public felt disillusioned with the european union and felt disappointed with the lack of apparently democracy and accountability from all the directives that get handed to other member states from brussels this is what david cameron had to say there is a gap between the e.u. and its citizens which has grown dramatically in recent years and which represents a lack of democratic accountability and consent that is yes felt particularly acutely here in britain what are you saying to a lot of people did saying quite confrontational but it was also trying to stress the fact that look please don't denounce britain for having the show you style of thinking should be encouraged and he believes that with this he might be able to

make you a better place. although david cameron failed to mention a specific date for the referendum he hinted that it would come earlier than twenty eighteen he also spoke of the tremendous disadvantage for britain were to leave but stephen moore city of london spokesman for the u.k. independence party i spoke to a lot he says that's simply not true. they said that we would be in huge problems if we came out of the they said that business would not actually invest in the u.k. unless we join the euro this isn't going to happen and we're not going to hit believe the false promises and the false concerns that european politicians and big businesses are actually going to throw as i mean there's an unholy alliance that seems to be forming between old conservatives with large corporations with members of the labor party who will want to frighten the people of this country to say that they can't survive on their own but we're still the set for largest trading nation

in the world so yes the public in this country know that there is a problem out there they understand the arguments and they're not going to be fooled this time by a political elite. europe's leaders have begun reacting to the prime minister's speech with warnings of worse to come if the u.k. pushes for the exit door the main message seems to be the britain is not in a position to dictate which rules it will follow and which it won't be put on of there is following the reaction in europe. well as you can imagine david cameron's speech was watched very very closely here in mainland europe and it's been greeted with concern pretty much all across the board here in germany the foreign minister it good or best of valor said that you know germany have their own problems with brussels having too much power in their opinion over domestic policy of member states however the way that david cameron was looking at going about changing not wasn't the way forward a similar type of reaction in france from the french foreign minister he said that

it was that it could be dangerous for the united kingdom if it was to go it's a load outside of europe saying what david cameron was suggesting was like turning up to play for a football team and then walk upon a rival saying no no let's play rugby essentially it's the moving the goal posts martin schulz the speaker of the european parliament certainly pulling no punches he said it would be it was ridiculous basically what david cameron was putting forward and in fact pointed the finger at the fact that the united kingdom saying that the u.k. always complains that decisions in brussels take too long the speaker of the parliament saying well if the united kingdom withdraws these things out and drags them out and makes them take too long essentially though the underlying message from everybody across europe from leaders across europe this seems to be concerned in particular concern that if they are cameron does and is able to negotiate these new terms for the u.k. well can everybody now to go shape their own terms within the union and willis

create a twenty eight speed european union whereby everybody just looks out for their own interests and doesn't really look out for what's best for the e.u. . somebody does however such as chance and i'm going to merkel it hinted that they're ready to listen to the u.k.'s demands and an example of otto a german m.e.p. from the alliance of liberals and democrats for europe i spoke to him and he says cameron should decide once and for all where britain belongs. britain already has a lot of exceptions to the usual treaties and one day you will have to question yourself are you part of a family or are you not so what david cameron is actually doing is setting fire without being able to control it of course not everything is perfect but just because we have to improve the situation it is doesn't mean that we generally have to change the system i personally do believe that people see the benefits and of course we had times was ups which were perfectly so far the first time sees a severe crisis which actually has been caused by the member states now the

european union is more key to the solution than problem i would say. an unavoidable of the slaughter or the result of reckless politics they can we clinton tough questions over what she thinks led to a deadly attack on an american consulate in libya is the last year. still to come but first jordanians have been heading to the polls today after the king announced early parliamentary elections spurred into action by two years of arab spring protests but the course of critical voices says the country's still is far from any real change that wasn't two thousand and eleven and they claim the government is bound to rig the ballot. is in jordan for us right now. many here say that the reforms simply are too few and too late now there have been some efforts for example to make the elections more open this is the first time that outside election monitors are going to be observing the vote here but at the end of the day the new parliament just still not going to be able to pass legislation freely and

can be dismissed at any time by royal decree now the biggest source of discontent here is a new election law which critics claim is a rigged in favor of pro-government candidates by allowing favoring in fact a larger number of rural tribal representatives who are largely seen as being loyal to the government in fact of the one hundred fifty seats available in this parliament only twenty seven can go to candidates from national parties and the muslim brotherhood is the largest most popular and the biggest political party here in jordan and has really been the driving force behind the boycott of this vote and the opposition but of course discontent isn't just limited to the islamists many regular jordanians here feel that corruption has continued to be rampant and are quite frustrated with the economic situation in this country and that is why we see a lot of voter apathy it really is a major test of whether these small incremental changes by the monarchy are going

to be enough to placate the opposition from the people who we've talked to in fact the leadership of the muslim brotherhood says that it simply won't go enough in fact this election is frankly only the opening salvo in what is likely to be many months of unrest here in jordan because the new parliament is likely to be seen as being toothless by much of the population that's going to set up a very difficult future of four four four four jordanians who feel like their interests are not being represented by the government they want more representation they want more freedom and they want to warn of a say in the future that their country takes they don't necessarily feel that the steps taken by the government so far. that more importantly the economic situation is really going to be the determining point the arab spring essentially really unfolds here in jordan much of the unrest has been caused by for example cuts in food and fuel subsidies and those are. extreme

measures that are being imposed by the i.m.f. at them so it really doesn't look like things are going to be calming down anytime soon. before the election we interviewed the incumbent prime minister who said that the opposition should. here's a preview of what's coming up next. the brotherhood is a party that has been part of the national political process for a long time since the one nine hundred forty s. it has been actively involved in the political and social affairs of the country it has run for parliament has been represented in legislatures since the one nine hundred fifty s. they're not hostile towards the country or its current leadership but this time they initiated a boycott demanding a change in the election on the constitution to better suit the if you opt for a boycott why would anyone change the rule for you in the future it would stay just to say it's a catch twenty two they should have participated in the election i mean forced the

change they are asking for. the high profile internet freedom activist who took his life he was prosecuted for alleged hacking could have had close links to wiki leaks it was groups twitter feed revealed that swartz communicated with is believed to be a source of leaked data. to internet entrepreneur dot com now accused of piracy by the u.s. he said it was political. aaron schwartz i mean he stopped sopa with his efforts he stopped soap and he became a target a political target ok and that's why all these things happened to him there's no reasonable. cause behind it going after a young like that in the fashion that it's political and you can see more of that

interview as well as analysis in abbi margins breaking the set on thursday tomorrow and obviously andrew blake was the one who interviewed kim dotcom entrepreneur an internet freedom activist told him that he's ready to defend people's rights to free information. kim dotcom it's been over a year now almost a year exactly since kim dotcom this mansion in new zealand was raided by the authorities in conjunction with f.b.i. investigation and department of justice as a kinda operating the file storage site mega upload participate in this vast conspiracy that duped hollywood and the music and movie industry out of half a billion dollars by letting people share files freely over the internet now it's been a year now and kim dotcom has released a new project but he's saying that this whole new project he wants to do it's called mega everything is encrypted in its way for people to take information whether it's just a simple word documents or and piece threes or movie files and to share them with others but while doing it all privately through encryption and you know i spoke

with him and he was telling me that this is something that is actually necessary given the state of affairs today where the government is watching everyone no matter where you are no matter what you're doing. you've done it but only just israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu narrowly wins the israeli election for many more government than the last leg of this i would report will meet future of jewish settlements on palestinian land and a possible strike on iran we get life expert opinion on the surely. one of those the latest nato countries to step up support for the french intervention in mali as an increasing number of allies team up on the african business some experts believe they have bitten off more than they can choose that opinion is coming your way in just a few minutes. speak

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these continues here in r.t. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu may have won the general election but he's done so only by the skin of his teeth defying almost all predictions the biggest winners were to the center with concern over house prices seemingly trumping nuclear threats. reports it may leave now desperate enough to turn to the extreme right for help. the voting here might be in secret but what's no secret is the result there was never really any doubt that prime minister netanyahu would win another term in office but the not on paper isn't matched by the anger on the streets. we know that netanyahu brought about a deficit of thirty nine billion dollars he's going to cut the welfare social education and health budgets this is what the next four years will look like. and

he met me i'm scared to death i really am it will be a disaster very simply he's going to rob us of the chance to fulfill true zionism in israel. would you not say no to know whose hands will be tied trying to keep a lid on domestic anger. his rages are more concerned about the economy then making peace with the past ten years or dealing with iran's nuclear ambitions but it's precisely this issues that see is wrong on the coalition course with the international community. continuing to build new settlements. daily not weekly. this is really a very powerful signal to the palestinians to the. community that is not willing to move for the long the road of two state settlement this settlement was founded nearly thirty years ago by just fifteen families it's since grown fifty fold at a rate of about one hundred families

a year for the world to tell me that if i'm going to build a summer home want to have kilometer of course on my house is an obstacle to peace is absurd the sets are such that jews came back to their land the facts are such that we as a population are growing i am not willing to move from our house for what. for what peace mission yahoo has vowed that the days of uprooting jews are behind he needs the support of the settlers and right wing parties if his coalition is to succeed a gamble american president barack obama has reportedly warned will lead the country down the path of isolation it's no secret netanyahu and obama don't see eye to eye and not just on what's happening within israel's borders i think the issue of iran will come back to that it will not surprise i think anyone in israel if we'll see an israeli attack during the next year or two for netanyahu always

seen as critical for do is work into these unable to postpone. the issue of the palestinian issue and so now begins the obvious task of coalition building it could take weeks of bargaining a negotiation before the final make up of the new government has declared if netanyahu stays true to the polls he could be on course to give israel the most hard line government in its history policy archie. let's have a closer look at what comes next for israel with me now is political analyst come of was only now netanyahu campaigned on of the slogan strong leader strong israel is that how he's come out of these elections. well i think the opposite is true he came very weak and the need to probably to go to the extreme right and is that's going to be very difficult for him because he has to deal with obama and he has to

deal with the new administration that brought with them probably chuck hagel. kerry or those people obviously they have different they're looking for maybe. to solve the crisis on the other hand i think mr nothing he looks to build more settlements and cause more friction with the palestinians by insisting on belding settlement the way he's taken the middle east he probably taken it into. i think at this point looking to close some file in the middle east and move to south east asia i don't think they wanted any new war especially against iran at this time on the other side netanyahu he think he can launch that attack on iran which i think somebody in america would not allow it as you say the regions in turmoil at the moment don't rest on all of israel's borders wouldn't it be the right thing to

do perhaps to turn to the right is it not the thing to have to leave the country in these times of strong right. i don't think i think it's i think israel has been really have really divided they have a lot of problems most of their problem is internal problem it has to deal with economic crisis we saw all these demonstration and we saw the level of poverty and unemployment in israel i think being an extremist it will solve sustain the power of not only but not for very long because i think some people and in the center in israel probably one of the good relation with the united states they wanted to show the world that they are looking for peace or attempting to hold peace but i think at this point. it's going to be difficult because i think. he's come out a lie himself with the extreme right and that's going to look very bad for the

peace process in the middle east and the hope of a solution for palestinian state or two states where people can co-exist with each other the situation and on that and look very bleak and i'm sure people especially in the west and in the united states not like and not the need to return as a new prime minister for israel you mentioned a little early employment and poverty in israel well the votes of the terrible state of the economy is really what's bothering most people are not foreign issues not foreign policy and that's something that netanyahu is really new orders and the people if you have to change his ways or is there a chance of the military budget all those settlement projects could be could be affected. i think he probably has to do that otherwise that actually campaigned not on political issue of campaign on social issue and

gender and that's why they won and the became the second largest party in israel and i think people as the world economy go into deeper and deeper into difficulty and the recession probably this is kind of a fact in the israeli economy. and government because he's neglected. the average person in israel and we saw how the poverty and the demonstration beginning to make a big push in israeli politics as you heard most israelis now think about their economic and economical livelihood more than a peace process or back in iran i think this is going to be the case and the probably their economy is going to be their issue it was as it was in the united

states it's kind of missed you but i think nothing well the economy will come to bite him later on thanks for thoughts coming wasn't a political analyst joining us live from beirut. this was a ski resort of davos is buzzing with business right now after the annual world economic forum kicked off there today the prestige gathering is even more important for russia this year which is warming up to host the next g. twenty summit more the power of double so agreements and handshake deals from our business host. well the overall theme is definitely spurring growth in terms of the european sovereign debt crisis also the u.s. fiscal cliff is at the forefront of people's minds here today and its course russia is concerned because the prime minister on the stage with me about how russia says that all of this on the domestic issues are really the three scenarios that were compiled by the palace today including the former finance minister alexei could today as well as her mcgrath ahead of that as well these scenarios include how the

price of oil will affect russia so if it remains high it will this mean the institutional reforms start to happen because complacency will come into play if rice is goatse out what would that mean for russia considering it so energy dependent as well is that there was a focus on regional differentiation in other words because of also such a vasa country getting it more in an even kill in terms of competitiveness and attractiveness to invest is why phone ready interesting was that the audience which is full of some of the world's most influential powerful leaders policymakers they were also what they wanted to most see from russia seventy seven point seven percent voted for good governance so i'm going to be here all day we're going to be really monitoring the situation and i'll be back six thirty and eight thirty g.m.t. with all the details. yes more from kate in about an hour

from now that from yourself secretary of state hillary clinton is testifying to congress about last year's deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in the libyan city of benghazi republican members grilled her on the lapses in security that led to the death of the american and better that well more details from marty's going to cut. what i found most interesting we heard a secular state acknowledge that the revolutions in the region have led to the spread of extremism on the revolution she said it's been a great opportunity for the united states but it is also a great swept the us certainly seize the opportunity when they made the revolution in libya happened because it was mostly due to the u.s. foreign power that the rebels there were able to take over hillary clinton cheered when that happened and generally up until the tragic attack in benghazi in september and the murder of the u.s. ambassador there this is ministration head and the head libya checked as a foreign policy success and what's happening in the region now of course looks anything but success we actually heard that in hillary clinton's testimony as she

talked about the spread of extremism and the spread of weapons in the region and a new opening in the war on terror benghazi did not happen in a vacuum the arab revolutions have scrambled power dynamics and shattered security forces across the region instability in mali has created an expanding safe haven for terrorists who look to extend their influence and plot further attacks of the kind we saw just last week in algeria she also talked about how the u.s. needs to help the government seemed to deal with their security to build institutions text of this expanding war on terror so to anyone who expected a smaller u.s. footprint in the region that's probably not going to happen from what we heard today if anything one could expect a bigger u.s. footprint in the region. going to check on their kemah day is considering extending its commitment to the french intervention in mali including sending in troops for

logistical support and so for the u.s. and the u.k. also boosted that backing for the operation now the morgan expert in west africa believes that power is clearly underestimated the signs old that tosk in mali. this is a very strange and very diverse some very kind of collide coalition of people you have the hard core of the al qaeda in the islamic magreb fighters now they are very very hardened desert fighters been out there for almost a decade they know the region very very well you know the desert is that absolute home you also have the rebels who basically decided to put their faith in a jihad i garley is this islamist leader this strong man who's basically seduced a lot of to ari into joining his islamist cause now they'll also be at home they know the desert that's their territory their soup fighters they specialize in this kind of hit and run guerrilla tactics cell strike very fast and then they'll

disappear into the desert possibly even over the borders and we know that the attack on this town about four hundred kilometers northeast of bamako was launched from across the border in march that will be a huge problem for the for the for the kind of france and its allies. well coming up with a short break pete isabel lost his cross to guess whether the west is on a massive campaign against islam as a as a whole and just where that could lead that's all for this brief break i'll be back with a news team with more news for you in about a half an hour from now. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought

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